Monday Sept. 5 [1864]

Clear and appearances of a hot
day. Heard that Atlanta was
evacuated. It was published
in their morning papers. At 11 A.M.
we drew Bread (24) but only half
rations of meat. The day exceed-
-ingly hot. About the hotest we have
had yet. The day passed away
slowly. the Richmond papers
state that Atlanta was evacuated
on the 1st Sept. and Hardee's Corps
had been driven from their
position with the loss of 9 Guns
At 4 P.M. we drew soup (2) & Bread
(25). Mitchel & I bought a loaf of Brea^'d'
After dark it commenced to rain
rained very hard

Isaac Mitchell was a Corporal in Co. G, 191st Pennsylvania